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This review right here is what #DisruptTexts is up against. The racism, classism, and intellectual elitism in the @WSJ review is symptomatic of the systems that keep the “canon” in tact.
This review right here is what #DisruptTexts is up against. The racism, classism, and intellectual elitism in the @WSJ review is symptomatic of the systems that keep the “canon” in tact.
https://twitter.com/ibizoboi/status/1043576411703906304
And the truth is, this reviewer’s bias is also the bias that many Ts have—educated (indoctrinated) in the “canon,” we will show a clear bias toward the texts that make up not only our reader identities but that validate our expertise as educators. #DisruptTexts
We teach what we know.
But what we know — and how we come to know and understand texts, how we determine their value — has been typically limited to a rather narrow (and unchallenged) definition of “great literature.” #DisruptTexts
But what we know — and how we come to know and understand texts, how we determine their value — has been typically limited to a rather narrow (and unchallenged) definition of “great literature.” #DisruptTexts
This can result in taking deficit-based stances when reading literature that challenges our notions of “literary merit.”
And then we pass down those biases and prejudices to our Ss.
This is how the system works. #DisruptTexts
And then we pass down those biases and prejudices to our Ss.
This is how the system works. #DisruptTexts
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